The Odroid does harvest some power off the HDMI cable, which can leave it in a browned out state if power is disconnected and HDMI stays connected. Make sure to disconnect the HDMI cable whenever you disconnect power and only reconnect the HDMI cable after power has been connected. Note that some screens need the cable be connected during the boot process, so it should be immediately connected after power on.

Overview

Flashing the eMMC card with Ubuntu

The image can be resized from within the Odroid shell, so just flash the default size and use the Odroid tools in the next section

If, after following the installation steps below, you find the OS is not booting (red power LED is on but the blue LED remains off) it is possible that you need to run a recovery tool which will restore your eMMC card's boot sector.

Instructions on how to run the tool and the latest downloads can be found here.

And install them according to the instructions on your personal computer.

If on a Mac, run:

screen /dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART 115200 8N1

Wifi Setup

In case you do not have a serial console cable, you can simply connect the odroid to a network via Ethernet and SSH into it. Afterwards, you can set up a WiFi adapter and connect to the board via it, untethering your setup. This makes it easy for using the board when mounted in a MAV.

Get a SSH connection to the board first via Ethernet.

TODO : mhkabir

First Boot Configuration

Connect to the Odroid via either of the two above options. Make sure your Odroid is connected to internet. Configure your Odroid (root password is 'odroid'):

odroid-utility.sh

Pick these options:

Resize your root partition

On ubuntu server odroid-utility doesn't come pre-installed and can be installed as follows: